Congress gave final approval to legislation providing $26 billion in aid to cash-strapped state governments amid fears the U.S. economy is stalling just months before this year’s midterm elections.

The House, taking a one-day break from the campaign trail, returned to Washington today to approve the measure 247-161 and send it to President Barack ( Read more... )

International Business Machines Corp., the world’s biggest computer-services company, reported sales that missed analysts’ estimates as demand for services slowed and the falling euro weighed on revenue.

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Currency fluctuations reduced sales by $500 million, IBM said. The company gets almost a third of its revenue from Europe, whose currency ( Read more... )

 Я рассчитывают на второе касание максимума по индексу доллара и соответственно жду EUR/USD в диапазоне 1.16/1.19.


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